Just Another Rainy Wednesday in the Pacific Northwest

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away,
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of Toll –
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears a Human soul.

Art for Spring – Part I of III: Jamie Wyeth (American, contemporary)

Below – “The Sea, Watched”

Musings in Spring: Amy Leach

“FIREFLAKES: The stars; as transitory as snowflakes only their transitoriness is protracted.”

“And now, I needed the stars. Not the explosive ones that hurled out tongues of gas and, along with gravity, hammered out the planets. I needed the comforting ones that twinkled like a childhood song, that spun about my head, my head alone as I watched them. I was the ‘one who knows’ after all. I was…consciousness.”

Contemporary British Art – Kevin Day

In the words of one writer, “Kevin’s work can best be described as figurative narrative and he is renowned for capturing the mood of the moment.”

A tumbleweed that was trying,
all along through Texas, failed
and became a wraith one winter
in a fence beyond Las Vegas.

All you fortunate in this town
walking, turning, being so sure,
and catching yourselves before ruin,
graceful and intent on your own –

In the space between your triumphs,
the tumbleweed, missing and trying,
flickered out there, haphazard, with grace too,
flared beautifully wasted at random.

Contemporary American Art – Karla Murray

In the words of one writer, “Karla Murray’s work can be categorized within genre of strict Photorealism although the intimacy she is able to achieve through her subject and convey to the viewer, creating a personal and emotional connection to the natural world, is often belied by her deft technical abilities.
Murray has always been an artist and like the migratory birds she depicts, her life and career have taken her to various locations; from Florida and Pennsylvania to Arizona, California and Colorado, she has participated in numerous fine art shows while placing pieces in private collections throughout the United States and abroad.”